---
type: "Bill"
title: "PROHIBIT COYOTE KILLING CONTESTS"
description: "PROHIBIT COYOTE KILLING CONTESTS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 76"
citation: "New Mexico SB 76 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ANIMALS (fish", "livestock", "pets", "wildlife)", "CRIMES & PENALTIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moores, Mark", "Steinborn, Jeff"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 10
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-12-17"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d45b1d0-4dbb-4efc-8cba-8d6adcc68200"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=76&year=19"
source_hash: "fbcd7ffd3c1b92003f670969563e6f2f7ad4002a5611ae15fe8ec56e6a5032fa"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nm"]
---

# New Mexico SB 76 (2019) — PROHIBIT COYOTE KILLING CONTESTS

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendments in Context** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/Amendments_In_Context/SB0076.pdf)
2. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/final/SB0076.PDF)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/19%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0076.HTML)

## Votes

- senate passage — **22–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Moores, Mark — primary (person)
- Steinborn, Jeff — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-12-17** Sent to Senate Pre-file `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** Sent to Senate Conservation Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** passed Senate `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Sent to House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-09** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-13** passed House `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d45b1d0-4dbb-4efc-8cba-8d6adcc68200`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).